Required at the LOCAL All Schools Football LL EMPLOYEES of the Chri Stina School Di Tri Ct Will Be Req Uired to Wear Photo Identification SEASON
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CHECK Our OUR NEw. SPECIAL KIDs FEATURE etown Newspaper Since 1910 •!• 88th Year, Issue 32 September 11 , 1-998 Newark, Del. • 50¢ THis WEEK Photo IDs IN SPORTS PREVIEW OF required at THE LOCAL all Schools FOOTBAll LL EMPLOYEES of the Chri stina School Di tri ct will be req uired to wear photo identification SEASON. lbad~<~s starting this year - and students q1ay not 15 be far behind. According to district poke person John Holton, the employee badges will be similar to tho e worn at many work sites. "They'll have the person's name, position and work location ," said Holton. "They must be displayed at all time while the employee is in a building." School superintendent Nicholas Fi cher introduced the new badge requirement at the · district's regular choo1 THIS 3STOOGES board meeting on Tuesday. 'Superintendent Fi cher believes it will help build colle giality among the taff," aid Holtoh, "and also there's the FAN IS AREAL afety issue." Holton aid eventually every adult entering a school building will have to wear orne ort of identification badge. KNUCKLE· 8 "Other people entering the school will have to display a vis- HEAD! . See 1.0., 5 :.· ·.I .N.. THE ,.NE:ws · . House could be saved HE HOUSE WAITING for demoJition on th e old ewark Lumber ite has had a lot of re idents and POUCE TRY there is a bare po sibility more could be in its sud- denly -re urrected ,----.:-".....::::-:> future. "We're investigating TO HALT NEWARK POST STAFf PHOTO BY HEIDI SCHEING the pos ibility of mov Volunteers from the Newark Arts Alliance created and installed a mural ing it," said Newark UNSAFE consisting of approximately 80 handmade, foot-square clay tiles at Grass realtor AI Schweizer. "I roots on Main Street. don't know if it can be done, yet, and I don't RR want to get everyone's hopes up." Schweizer works for CROSSINGS. Patterson-Schwartz 3 Realtors but said saving The house (above) sits adjacent the Queen Anne-style to the Burger King lot. Below, as artists who participated in its cre house behind the Mobil it looked about 1922. INDEX By MARY E. PETZAK ................................................. ation. station is a personal pro NEWARK POST STAFF WRITER "Pennsylvania muralist Bernard ject by him and a part NEWS 1-5 Felch taught them the fme points ner. "We have to have a POLICE BLOTTER 2 to grant projects of tile design, painting and decorat tructural engineer tell conceived by the Newark ing, then took the tiles to his work us that it's sound enough OPINION 6 . Arts Alliance, Newark's shop for firing," said Gillespie. to move and all the util downtown area could see a lot "He also helped with the installa ity lines have to be LIFESTYLE 8 more outdoor art. tion." moved," said Schweizer THE ARTS 11 Volunteers from the Newark This week, according to staff at on Wednesday. "We're Arts Alliance created and instaUed the office of U.S.Congressman meeting the utility peo- ~~-~ DIVERSIONS 10 a mural consisting of approximate Michael Castle, the Alliance was pie out there today." ly 80 .foot-square clay tiles at awarded a $10,000 ArtsREACH Schweizer said the partners already had e timates from CROSSWORD PUZZLE 9 Grassroots on Main Street in grant from the National Endow SPORTS 15-21 August ment for the Arts. "ArtsRBACH See HOUSE, 5 Alliance members said the grants are intended to bring arts to PEOPLENEWS 13 mural is the ftrst of its kind in underserved areas,'' said Casde Newark and one of only a handful spokesperson Ron Bo)\jean. · OBITUARIES 23-24 of picas of outdoor art in the city. Gillespie said tbe AIHIIICC will Girl stabbed on Main St. CLASSIFIEDS 27-32 : --.,~~~the~.. Newark Arts Alliance's use the NEA money to Newark Police are investigating a tabbing which took s 't 'began ftve years ago sultant to do a cultural •eMIMII ~ reportedly place on Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 5. :been to bring more art to the of Newark. ''He will deti-IJW According to Cpl. David Martin, a 17-year-old girl from downto community," said existing cultural aueta . ~' 11Dio~C!t Nottingham, Pa., and a 16-year-year-old Newark girl were &pcJkellpeit'IO!'* ~Terri Gillespie. "The and provide recomlbiO-*• strolling Main Street with eparate group of friends when rted that goal they met and got into a verbal argument. "Apparently they r-.nrdill~a \II .... CI~or the were not known to each other,' said Martin. "This is what happens when all these kids are hanging out on Main Street." Around 11 p.m., the two groups met again outside the Newark Diner near Main and Haines streets. " a Visit us on the World Wide Web P.\t.F. 2 • fW.\R ~ Po~o,T • SFPH.\IBER 11. 1998 Can we h81p? Offices: The paper's off ices are PouCE BRIEFS located conveniently in the Rob Repairs result scott Bui lding, 153 E. Chestn ut parking lot at the Park 'n Shop. The Hill Rd ., Newark, DE 19713. Man shot in two u pect allegedly followed Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 area home them and got into the vehicle and p.m. weekd ays. st· rting hitting the male driver. The in 'dark' water Phone : (3 02) 737-0724 New Castl e County Police report woman told police he also felt Facsimile: (302) 737-9019 that Ray Smith, 34, of Win orne threatened. The driver wa not eri Newark's water appeared water crews began bJeeding ommons, accused of hooting a ou. ly injured but the wind hi eld of e-mail: [email protected] distasteful for a second time in fire hydrants immediately." man on Se pt. 7, turned him elf in hi bl ac k Acura Wds broken during a month when city crews had Luft apologized for any On the Internet: about noon the next day. th e incident. http://www.ncbl.com/post/ to shut down the system to inconvenience to customers. Poli e responded to a residence repair a water leak in the outh "Unfortunately we were To subscribe : Call737-0724 or 1- in the 100 blo k of Britain Court in 800-220-3311. Cost is $15.9 5 Cash taken wellfieLd on Aug. 31 . unable to take the maintenance Winso me ammon south of According to city manager precaution necessary without per year to New Castle County Newark on R ute 896 around 10:45 from purses addresses. To begin a subscrip Carl Lufr, relea ing water (stirring up the mineral )," he p.m. on Mond ay and found a 33- pressure and shutting down th e said. "The system-was back to tion, simply call. year-o ld New a ti e man with a Employees of th e Produce Mar pumping station during the normal by that evening." gun hot wo und to the leg. He wa. ket Association on Ca. ho Mill Road To place a classified: Call1-800- two-hour maintenance proce Jn August, water runoff take n to hris ti ana Ho pital. Offi told police th at on several occa. ion 220-1230 dure stirred up iron and mag from a fire in Pennsylvania cer. ec ured the area and at 5 a.m . betwee n Aug. 24 and Sept. I To place a display ad : Call 737- nesium prevalent in that area. caused odor and ta te prob 0724 . n Tuesday S. W.A .T. m mber unknown perso ns remo ed ca. h lem water in Newark' sys from th e purses of three employee "This re uJted in dark entered the th e res idence and found tem . City crew pent a week HE STAFF of the Newark Post 1s anx there. Poli ce are in ve. Li gatin g. water, periodica11y showing up it empt y. Poli ce recovered a firearm at homes and businesses with bleeding the sy tern and test Tious to ass1st readers and advertis in th re. idence and issued warrants ers . Reporters, wnters, editors and in the sou them portion o{ our ing water for possible contam for mith ' arre. t for assault in the salespeople can be contacted as listed. service area," said Luft. "To ination at that time. l st deg ree and posse . ion of a Table stolen on street eliminate the problem, our James B. Streit, Jr. is the publisher of fi rea rm during the commi ., ion of a Sometime between II a. m. and the Newark Post. He sets policies and fe lony. mith wa. being held in 8:30p.m. on Sept. I , unknown per manages all departments in the Newark Gander Hill prison in li eu of bond . office . Call him at 737-0724. son removed a tee! cocktail table Mary E. Petzak is the editor. She leads valued at $5 0 from in front of the news staff and reports on govern Man beaten Cluck-U Chicken on Main Street. ment, education and police news. Con Poli ce have no leads. tact her at 737 -0724. inside vehicle Marty Valania prepares the sports Cougar may be on the pages of th1s newspaper The sports Newark Poli ce report th at two Guitar taken from editor is seldom in the office , however, men we re arrested after offi ceL shopping center store he checks in frequently. Leave mes~ all eged ly ob erved them bea rin g up prowl in area again sages for Marty at 737 -0724 . a 27-year-o ld man inside hi.